REFUGEE JEWS LAND AT HAIFA
Received ..Alondav, 7 p.m. HAIFA, Alay 19. The diseiiibarkat ion of the 100" .lew isli refugees from Spezia. from tlie Fedc and I-'eiiice, most of whoni were I'oh-s and I.ithuaniaiis, was carried out witli out incident. A big welcome was ar ratiged al Tel Aviv from wliere tlie ships were diverted luit only .Tewisli agency otlicials, the Rabbis and rehitives were at Ihe tpiayside at Haifa. The refugees were iu liigh spirits and sang and pr.tyed before leaving the ship. .Many of them when they landed, were apologetie. They used immigra t ion cert i lieates -allotted them by ihe l'alestine Government and complained : " We tried to come illegally. " Social workers assisted Ihe immigrants, niore ilian (i"0 of whom were taken to a gb-aiiiiiig ne\y transit cani]) at Tobetholim nenr Hadera, which is a Jewisii townshi]) on the Tel Aviv Road.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 May 1946, Page 5
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